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W. H. ROONEY.

APPARATUS FOR KEEPING POLICE OFFICERS RECORDS.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. RODNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed October 11, 1918. Serial No. 257,749.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, \ViLLiAM H. RooNiiY a borough and county of'the Bronx, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Keeping Police- Officers Records; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention. relates to improvements in apparatus for keeping police officers records and it is intended to secure the faithful performance of their duties by patrolinen and roundsinen or other officers obliged to patrol given posts and to turn in at the precinct headquarters or central station at predetermined times from police boxes located at successive points along the tour of duty. The present application forms a continuation of my (so-pending application Ser. No. 847,401, filed June 26, 1914, for recording devices as to so much of the subject matter as is common to both applications.

In accordance with the invention each ofiicer is issued by the proper authority at the central station prior to departure on his tour of duty a record receiver, such as a card, having appropriate spaces on which to contain data being the record of the officer while patrolling his post. Such data is acquired at the several police boxes from recorders contained therein. The recorders are required to be operated at stated intervals by the officers and are in operative connection with a. central recorder that also makes at, the precinct headquarters a record duplicate of that transferred to the officers card. After completing their tour of duty on their return to headquarters the officers are required to surrender the record receivers or cards. A comparison may then be made between the cards and the central record and a permanent final record may be complied therefrom.

The invention moreover aims to provide certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts for carrying out the herein-described purposes.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols, refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, v

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my present invention.

F g. 2 IS a fragmentary sectional view of a deta l of one of the police boxes.

F ig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale of one of the post 1e corders Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a, view taken from the left side of Fig. 4, with parts shown broken away.

Fig. 7 is a reduced fragmentarv view showing a slight modification. I I

Fig. 8 shows a portion of the central recorder.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 8 taken from the opposite side.

Fig. 10 is an elevational view with parts in section of one side of the central recorder.

dFig. 11 is a. similar view from the opposite s1 c.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the platen and circuit control.

Fig. 13 is a horizontal sectionon the line 13 13 in Fig. 12.

Fig. lat an enlarged view of the platen and operating mechanism.

F g. I5 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figs. 16 to 21 inclusive show obverse and reverse faces and edge views of two forms of cards or officers record receivers employed.

Referring to Fig. l. A and B are two police boxes secured, for instance to lamp posts or telegraph poles on the street along which it is the duty of officers to patrol; and (J represents a recorder at precinct headquarters or the central station. The two boxes are for purposes of illustration only, it being understood that one or more boxes might be included in the apparatus. The boxes are similar and a description of one will suffice for both.

The boxes are shown as having hinged compartment in the upper part of the box,

but as this telephone apparatus forms no part of my present invention I omit specific description of its construction and method of operation.

push the plunger 5 backward. A spring 6,

or other suitable means, causes the plunger '5 to advance outwardly as the door 1 is opened.

Within the casing 4 are contact points 7 and 8 which may be so disposed towards each other that the spring which actuates the plunger 5 will cause one of these contact points to advance towards the other as the plunger 5 moves outwardly, and recede therefrom as the plunger is moved backward.

A piece 9 is shown as fulcrumed at 10. This piece 9 is shown as providedwith a hooked portion 11, and the piece 9 is shown as so fulcrumed at 10 that the portion 12 is of a greater weight than the hooked portion 11. The piece 9 is so arranged that .the hooked portion llthereof maybe engaged with the eye or staple 13 on the door 1. 14 designates amagnet so arranged that the portion 12 of the piece 9 may be at tracted thereby. The'magnets 14 and contact points 7 and 8 of all the boxes are in a circuit as shown'in Fig. 1 in which there is a source of electromptive force 15.

Plates, as 16, 17, are shown as attached to the interior of the box or casing A by screws, as 18, 19. Between the plates 16, 17 a shaft as 20 is shown as supported. This shaft 20 may be provided with milled heads, as 21.

22 designates an index or pointer shown as provided with a handle, as 23, The index or pointer 22 may have a PI'OJGCtlOn 24 on the underside thereof adapted to fi into recesses 25 in the plate 16. (Compare Figs. 4 and 6.) The index or pointer 22 maybe made integral with or suitably secured to a sleeve, as 26, and a wheel, band or segment, as 27, may be made integral with, or suitably secured to, said sleeve 26. The sleeve 26 is shown in Fig. 4 as fitting. loosely on the shaft 20. The wheel, band or segment 27 may be provided with suitable'characters, as, for instance, letters of the alphabet, as 28. I

29, 20, 31, 32 and 33 designate wheels or hands shown as mounted on the shaft 20.

' These wheels or bands may be normally op erated by time clock mechanisimbut as the method by which such wheels or bands are operated by time clock mechanism is well known, such method need not be here particularly described. One of the wheels or hands, as 29, may be provided with characters to indicate the months of the year; another ofsaid wheels or hands, as 30, may he provided with characters to indicate the days of the month; another of said wheels or hands. as 31 may be provided with characters to indicate the hours of the day; an-

36 may be'made integral with or suitably secured to this sleeve 35. A set screw, as

1 37, may be used to hold the sleeve 35 in any desired position. To adjust the sleeve 35 and the wheel or band 3.6 it is only necessary to loosen the set screw 37, turn the sleeve 35 and with it the WlIGBl OI band 36, toany desired position, and then fasten the sleeve 35 and wheel or band 36 in such position by fastening the set screw 37. The wheel or band 36 may be provided with characters to indicate the number of the box. 38, 39, designate shafts or reels to which an inked ribbon, as 40, is shown as attached. These shafts or reels may be supported in any desired manner, as, for instance, between the plates 16, 17 and standards, as 41, 42. Thumb pieces, as 43, 44, may be provided for revolving the shafts or reels 38, 39 and thereby moving the inked ribbon 40. The side plates 16 and 17 together with a front plate 45 form a casing for rendering inaccessible the various printing devices. A slit or opening 46 is madein the front plate 45 to admit the officers record receiver or card 47. The card 47 enters beneath the ribbon 40 and an upper plate 48 provided with an opening 49. A stop 50 limits the inward movement of the card 47. V

Referring to Fig. 7. the band or' wheel 27 which carries the characters indicating the oflicers box designations is shown at right angles to the shaft '20. A spindle 51 journaled in brackets 52 carries the wheel or band 27 This spindle 51 projects through the front plate 45 and is furnished with an arm 22 adapted to be moved by a handle 23% The inked ribbon is shown heneath the band or wheel 27.

Preferably cards of the style shown in Figs. 16 and 21 will be used in connection with an apparatus embodying my improvements, and the slit or opening 46 will be of a width sufiicientto permit of the insertion of only a portion of the card, as, for in.- stance, from 53 to 54, so that when a card is inserted into the slit or opening 46 such cardwill assume a position to permit characters on the wheel band or segment 27 and on the wheels or hands 29,30, 31, 32, 33 and 36 to be stamped within one of the subdivisions of the card, as for instance, the subdivision from 55 to 56.

The card shown in Figs. 16, 17 and 18 is an octagonal card laid off by radial lines as handle 60.

and 56 into a series of segmental spaces.

The spaces are numbered 2, 1, 6, etc., on the obverse side of the card shown in Fig. 16; and 1, 3, 5, etc, on the reverse side of the card shown in Fig. 17. The numbers may indicate the order in which the spaces are to be used. of the card are arranged about a central space 57 for containing data identifying the officer entrusted with same, for instance with the patrolmans shield number. There is a similar central space 58 on the reverse side of the card for receiving other data. In Fig. 16 the space between the lines 55 and 56 bears an impression received at one of the boxes. This impression indicates that the card was stamped at box 17, which is designated as box A on the post of Patrolman No. 4953; and that the impression was made on March 2nd at 8:21 P. M. 'If the officers are required to turn in every half hour the octagonal card provides for receiving an otficers record on an eight hour tour of duty. The hexagonal card shown in Figs. 19 to 21 is similar in all substantial respects to the octagonal card, with the exception of the shape and it provides for containing a six hour record.

A platen 59 is arranged to move up beneath the card after same has been inserted through the slit 46 in the casing and to bring this card and the inked ribbon 40 against the characters on the various type wheels or bands. The platen 59 is operated by means of a handle 60, located so as to be accessible to the oflicer. Reference is to be had more particularly to Figs. 14 and 15 for understanding the construction of the platen operating mechanism.

lVithin the outer box or casing A are brackets 61, and mounted between these brackets is a shaft 62. Ahub 63 is loosely mountedon the shaft 62. Extending from the hub 63 is a rod 64 provided with the 65 designates'a sector shown as made integral with the hub 63. The outer edge of this sector 65 is shown as provided with notches 66 and 67 and between these notches 66 and 67 are teeth 68.

69 designates a tension spring shown as attached to the sector and to the box.

70 designates a spring, one end of which is shown as secured to a pin 71. The other end of this spring is shown as secured to a win 72 on the arm 73. Shown as also )ivoted l l I on the pin 72 is a bar 74 having a forked or slotted end adapted to straddle the pin 71.

75' designates a hub shown as pivoted on the shaft 62. '73 designates an arm shown as provided with the platen 59. 76 designates contact pieces of conducting material in electrical communication with each other. Said pieces 76 are movable with said plate 59v The spaces on the obverse side wheel The arm 7 3 is shown as provided with a pin 77, to which pin 77 there is shown as pivoted the upper end of a piston rod 78. Said piston rod 78 has a piston working in a dash pot or cylinder 79. Said dash pot or cylinder 79 may be pivotally mounted on a pin 80secured to the box or casing.

81 designates a toggle lever shown as pivoted to a pin 82 on the sector 65 and to a pin 83 on a bracket 84, secured to the outer 75 box or casing.

85 designates a spring, one end of which is shown as attached to said bracket 81. The other end of said spring 85 is shown as attached to the toggle lever 81.

The arm 73 is shown as provided with a pin 86. 87 designates a pawl shown as hinged on a pin 88. One end of said pawl 87 is shown as arranged within reach of the outer edge of the sector 65. The other end of this pawl 87 is shown as attached to one end of a spring 89. The other end of said spring 89 is shown as fastened to a pin 90. 91 is a stop.

In'Figs. 8, 9, l0 and 11: i

Interior contact points as 92, 93, 94, 95, etc. Fig. 11) are shown. as arranged within reach of the contact pieces 76 on theplaten 59. Said contact points may be suitably arranged on plates or pieces 96 and 97; of conducting material.

98 designates a contact point also arranged within reach of the contact pieces 76 on the platen 59.

99, 100, 101, .102 etc. designate exterior contact points also shown as arranged within reach of the contact pieces 76. These contact points are shown asv arranged on said plates 96 and. 97. The plates 96 and 97' are shown as faced with non-conducting ma.- terial. Suitable openings will, of course. be provided for the contact points arranged on the plates or pieces 96 and 97.

103 and 104 designate openings below the plates 96 and 97.

105 designates an escapement intended to control the movement of a wheel 106. afiixed to a shaft 107. To this shaft 107 there is also afiixed the wheel 108 provided with characters to indicate box numbers.

109 designates a worm arranged on the shaft 107, and 110 designates a pin extending from the shaft 107. This pin 110 may be an extension of the coil of the wire of which the worm 109 is formed. I

111 designates a spring, one end of which is shown as fastened to the shaft 107. The other end of this spring 111 is shown as impinging against the face of the pinion 112, which pinion 112 is shown as mounted on 125 said shaft 107.

113 desigates a toothed wheel shown as meshing with the pinion 112. and 114 designates a coiled springintended to drive the.

113. The wheel 11?, is shown as 130 mounted on a shaft 115. 1111 is a balance wheel shown as atlixed to said shaft 115.

117 designates a spring; one end of which is shown as fastened to a collar 118. secured to the v haft 115. Th other end of this spring 117 is shown as attached to the hub 110 of the balance wheel 110.

120 designates a toothed wheel securely mounted on the shaft 115. Shown in coir tact with the toothed wheel 120 is a pawl 1'21 (Fig. 10 which pawl 121 is shown as arranged on an arm 122. fastened to a shaft 123. 124 designates a spring. one end of which is shown as fastened to the arm 12;. and the other end of which is shown as im pinging against the pawl 1.21 and thereby holding the pawl 121 in engagement with the toothed wheel 120.

Attached to the shaft 123 is an arm which carries an armature Shown as attixed to the arm which carries the arn'iature 125 is an arm 1213. This arm 126 is so arranged as to be within reach of an arm 127.

In Fig. 11

1311 designates an arm atlixed to the shaft 123. and 1212 designates a spring. one end of which is shown as attached to said arm 131.

A hammer 1 3 3 is shown as carried by the arm 131.

131 designates a spring shown as arranged on the arm 1:11. This spring 131 is shown as fastened at 135 to a pawl 136. Said spring 1914 holds the pawl 136 in contact with a ratchet wheel 137 mounted on a shaft 138. A toothed wheel 139 is shown as also loosely mounted on said shaft 138.

110 designates a wheel preferably faced with india rubber or resilient material. Said wheel 110 is shown as mounted at 111 on an arm 142. and said arm 112 is shown as hinged at- 143. 1 1-1 designates a spring.

one end of which is shown as fastened to the arm 142.

145 designates a guard intended to hold the central record receiver or tape 146 out of engagement with the wheel or band 108 until the hammer 133 strikes the tape 111; against said wheel or band 108. The tape 1 16 is shown as fed from a reel 14:7 and as passing under the guard 14:) and another guard 118 on its way between the wheels 139 and 140.

The contact point 98 is in. electrical communication with the magnets 149' through the connections 150 and 151. A magnet 1541 is in a circuit 152 and 153. A source of current 155 serves both the circuits 150. 151 and 1552, 153. The magnet 154 controls the release of the escapement 105.

Assuming the box to be presently operated by Patrolman Doe to be one of a series of patrohnens boxes in electrical communication with a central station apparatus;

the wheel or band 108 of the central station apparatus may be provided with characters intended to designate seven boxes. Also assume that the box which latrolman Doe is required to presently operate be box three of such series. This box may be provided with three interior points 1); 91 etc. on the plate 96. and three interior contact points 03. 95 etc. on the plate 07.

To operate the platen 50 whereby his card may be stamped latrohnan Doe pulls down the handle 00. This action causes the contactpieces T6 on the platen to first come in contact with the lowermost contact points on the plates 96 and 07. Thereby an electric circuit completed through the plates 06 and 97. the conductors 15-2 and 153. and the .magnet 1.54.

As a result 1. The magnet 13-1 will shift the escapement 105 and the escapement wheel 106 will thereby become freeto advance the distance of one tooth;

2. When the wheel 100 is freed to move one tooth the spring 11-1 in'lpels the wheel 113 and the wheel 113 is thereby caused to move. the pinion 112. In its movement. the pinion 112 which is attixed to the shaft 10?. turns the wheel 108 one step.

3. 'hen the contact pieces 76 on the platen 59 cease engagement with the lowermost contact points on the plates 96 and 0-7 the electric circuit is broken and remains broken until the contact pieces 76 come into engagement with the next contact points 9-1 and 95.

1. \Vhen the contact pieces 76 come into engagement with the contact points 92 and 93 the electric current will have been again reversed and when the electric circuit is completed the escapement 105 will be drawn again in the first direction as mentioned in operation 1. and the wheel 106 will thereby become free to advance the distance of one tooth and the wheel 108 will turned a third step.

After passing the contact points 92 and $13 the contact pieces in their upward movement will come into contact with point 98. Thereby the magnets 1.49 will become energized through the circuit formed by the conductors 150 and 151. The energization of these magnets will cause the following results:

(a). Said magnets will attract the armature 125. This will cause the shaft- 123 to turn;

(b). This n'ioyement of the shaft 12 Jill cause the arm 131 to ascend and thereby the hammer 133 will be caused to strike the tape 116 against the character presented to said tape by the wheel or band 108;

(c). The same movement of the shaft 123 which causes the arm 131 to ascend raises the arm 1222 and with it the pawl 191 and this movement of the pawl 121 turns the toothed wheel 120. Thereby the shaft 115 is turned and the spring 117 may be maintained at a desired tension.

hen the magnets which have attracted the armature 125 are tie-energized by the contact pieces 76 ceasing to engage the contact point 98 the armature 125 will be released from the attraction of its magnets and drop down. This movement of the armature 12:") will'cause the shaft 123 to move lmckward. As the shaft 123 moves lmckward the arm 131. will descend and the hammer 133 will cease to press the tape 1&6 against the wheel or band 108. The spring 132 will aid in pulling down the arm 131. As the arm 131 moves downward the pawl 136 will turn the ratchet wheel 137 and thereby the shaft 138. This movement of the shaft 196 will turn the toothed wheel 139 between which and the wheel 140 the tape 116 arranged. In turning the toothed wheel 139 will. of course, carry the tape 146' forward and thereby the tape will be in readiness to receive another imprint from the wheel or band 108.

156 designates a pawl shown as held in engagement with the ratchet wheel 137 by a. spring 157.

The contact pieces 76 are resilient and so disposedtowards each other that when pressure on the handle is released and the contact pieces descend after engagement with the contact point 98 they will be spread apart bv the guides .158 and 159 and guided on the outside of the plates 96 and 97..

hen the cont-actpieces 76 come into contact with the contact pins 99 and 100 the escapement 105 will be again oscillated and the wheel 106 will thereby become free to advance the distance of one tooth and the wheel 108 will be turned a fourth step.

\V hen the contact pieces 76 come into contact with the contact pins 101 and 102 the wheel 108 will be turned a fifth step: when the contact pieces 76 come into contact with the nextpair of outside pins the wheel 108 will beturned a sixth step; and when the contact pieces 76 come into contact with the following pair of contact pins the wheel 108 will be turned a seventh step.

After leaving the last pair of contact points the contact pieces 76 will be allowed by the guides 160 and 161 to approach each other and after passing from reach of the guides 160 and 161 they will enter the open spaces 103 and 104. In this position they will be out of electrical contact.

The guides 158. 159. 160. 161 will of course be of non-conducting material or faced with non-conducting material.

The contact pieces '76 will be so disposed towards each other that when they are moved upward the inner ends of the guides 160 and 161 will cause said contact pieces '76 to move towards each other and enter the space between the plates 96 and 97.

If it be desired to use the box illustrated in Fig. 11 for box 4 all that will be necessary will be to withdraw two pins from position on the outside of the plates 96 and 97 and insert said pins opposite to each other on the inside of said plates 96 and 97.

I will now describe the method of opera tion of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. let and 15.

When the handle 60 is pulled down. the sector will rock on the shaft 62 and move to a position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 14. The pawl 87 will tick over the notches 68. These notches 68 will be so shaped that, until the notch 66 is reached, the pawl 87 will prevent'the sector 65 from being turned backward. These notches 68 will be so spaced with reference to the contact points 92, 93, 94 etc. that the pawl 87 will lock in a notch each timethe contact pieces '76 are out of contact with the contact points 92, 93. 94 etc.

As the handle 60 is being pushed down and the sector 65 rocks forward, the stretch of the springs 69 and 7 0 will cause the arm 73 to rock upwardly on its pivot 62 at a speed relatively slower than that of the sector, and which may be regulated by the dash pot 79 to which the arm 73 is connected. In this way. no matter how quickly the handle 60 is pushed down, the arln 73 will follow up the sector at a predeter Tiled speed. thus insuring sufficient time for lie contact pieces 76 to make proper contact with the contact points 92. 93 etc.

\Vhen the sector 65 has reached the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 14 the toggle lever 81 will have been straightened out as shown in broken lines. Further movement is prevented by the lug 91 on the bracket- 84, lying in the path of the lower member of said toggle lever 81.

The sector 65 having been moved its full stroke forward. the springs 69 and stretched and this position maintained by the straightened toggle lever 81. the arm 73 moves up slowly under .the influence of the spring '70 and retarded by the dash pot 79, until it hascompleted its forward stroke.

The pin 86. secured in the arm 73 engages the lower member of the toggle lever 81 and pushes it out of straight line thus breaking the toggle joint as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 14 and allowing the sector to return to its normal position by means of the spring 69. \Vhen the sector has reached its for ward position the deep notch 67 will have presented itself to the pawl 87 and said pawlwill then straighten and take a position which will allow the sector to return to normal position.

As the sector rocks backward, the tension of the spring '70 relaxes.

Should the patrolman fail to pull the handle all the way down and not complete the full forward movement of the sector the pawl 87 would lock the sector in one of the notches 63. The arm 73 would immediately follow up until the end of the slot in the bar 74 butted against the pin 71, where it would come to rest.

When the sector has reached its backward position, the deep notch 66 will have presented itself to the pawl 87 andv said pawl can then straighten itself out and the sector is then free to be again moved forward.

162 designates aface or dial of a time clock mechanism located at a central station or office. This time clock mechanism may operate a series of bands or wheels. as 163, 164, 165, 166 and 167. The band or wheel, as 163, may be provided with characters to indicate the months of a year; the band or wheel 164 may be provided with characters to indicate the days of a month; the band or wheel 165 may be provided with characters to indicate the hours of a day; the band or wheel 166 may be provided with characters to indicate the minutes of an hour; and the band or wheel 167 may be provided with characters to indicate .forenoon or afternoon.

The hammer 133 also brings theta'pe 146 a ainst these bands or wheels 163, 164, 165,

166 and 167. Y

I will now describe my improvement as applied to a police patrol system.

. As patrol boxes are ordinarily usedin a 7 police patrol system a patrolman is required to signal to acentral office or station from either end of his beat atcertain intervals of time during his tour of duty, as, for instance, every half hour. If a tour of duty be eight hours and the patrolman be required to signal a central station or office each half hour he will, if he performs his duty, have signalled the central oflice or station sixteen times (luringa tour of duty.

Supposing the tour of duty of Patrolman Doe to be eight hours and that he is required to signal the central station or oflice each half hour durin these eight hours, and further suppose 51343 the boxes from which he is required to register be boxes 3 and 4 of a series of boxes connected withv one apparatus at the central station or office. Also assume that box 3 is his box A and that box 4 is his box B. Patrolman Doe may be given an octagonal shaped card divided on each face thereof into eight sections which may be suitably numbered as shown in Figs. 16 to 18. At eleven oclock in the forenoon the time arrives for Patrolman Doe to signal.

proper position to enable such character, as A on the wheel. band or segment 27. to be registered on a paper or card inserted in the slit or opening 46. The time clock mechanism will have brought the wheels or hands, as 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, into such position as to enable characters on said heels 01 bands, to be registered on the paper or card inserted in the slit or opening 46. 3 being the number of the box which is being operated by Patrolman Doe the wheel or band 36 will have been properly locked by the set screw 37 in such position as to enable a character as 3, on the wheel or band 36 to be. registered on a paper or card inserted in the slit or opening 46.

Patrolman Doe inserts his card 47 into 7 the slit or opening 46 of box'3 in such way as to present subdivision 1 of his card to characterson the wheel, band or segment 27, the wheels or bands 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, After properly and the wheel or band 36. inserting his card 47 into the slit or opening 46 of box 3 he pulls down the handle 60. This action causes the contact pieces 76 to come into enga ement with the contactpoints as hereto ore described and as the contact pieces 76 come into engagement with each of these last mentioned contact points the circuit is closed thereby and the energization of the magnets 149 causes the wheel or band 108 to be so turned that after the contact pieces 7 6 have passed over the several contact points a character as 3, on the wheel or band 108 will havecome into such position that it may be registered. The time clock mechanism at the central office will,

of course, have brought the wheels or bands in subdivision 1 of his card 47, characters indicating the particular box of the two or more boxes which Patrolman Doe is required to operate during his tour of duty, as for instance box A, together with the month,

day of month, hour, minute, forenoon or afternoon and box number. As already explained, the impulse sent over the line when the pieces 76, come into contact with point 98 causes the magnets 154 to-operate the hammer 153 and thereby the tape 146 will receive the impressions from the wheels 108 and 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, thereby registering on the tape of the apparatus at the 'cen 'tral oflice or station the number of the box,

and the month, day of month, hour, minute and forenoon or afternoon.

' another impression.

' the door -1 of that that of box A.

When Patrolman Doe finishes signalling from box 3 he closes the door of that box. At half past eleven'oclock in the forenoon the time arrives for him to signal the central station or office from box 4-his box B. To signal from box 4 and register on his card from that box he will. of course. have had to travel from box 3 to box 4. When the time arrives to report from box 4 he opens ox and turns the index or pointer 22 therein to B. Thereby the sleeve 26 and the wheel. band or segment 27 will be so adiusted that a character. as B, on the wheel. band or-segment 27 will be brought into-properv osition to enable such character, as B, to e registered on his card when the cardis inserted'in the slit or opening- 46. The operation is otherwise the same as Should a patrolman attenipt to use box 3 twice in succession the marking made on his card by the fixed-wheel or band36 will indicate that fact, and the registration at the 'central station or'ofiice will indicate that box 3 had been operated and that box 4 had not .beenoperated. p i

In practice I preferlthat a card givena patrolman when-hegoes on dutv shall have his number placed thereon and that when suitably stamped the patrolman returns tothe central station after his tour of dutvhas endedthe card be' surrendered. The card mav be preserved: as a permanentrecord indicating whatboxe's j the patrolman operated during. his tour of duty on a particularday and" the exacttime each box was operated. For ="convenence, if.

desired, cards furnished. batroim n maybe ceipt thereof by the patrolman.

of patrolman, ..may' also; be. furnished with cards like those furnished patrolmen, but to differentiate the cardsfofroundsmen' fromthose ofpatrolrnen I prefer .to makethe card of. roundsm'en and patrolmen of 'difl'er'ent' colors and I- .preferi'to so arrange-matt that if patrolmen are required to register from their boxes onthe. houi-.'and half hour roundsmen' be required to "register-fifteen, minutes later than thenatrolmen. By this. I

'to'initial position after each actuation.

arrangement if a patrolman fails to signal the central station or ofiice from the box and the roundsman then set about investi- '.ithf.the.dateof the re-"- p -71 WhatI claim as my invention and desire .Roundsmen charged wi: hI th'e: duty 7 of. supervising the. performanceof the duties gating the cause of the failure of the patrol man to signal. In practice roundsmen are given charge of certain portions of a precinct and the records made by a roundsman on the card carried by him will show from what boxes he reported during his tour of 4 duty and will also show whether he has con-' relates to a police patrol systemiis tocompel a'patrolman to patrol under {danger of ready detection. By obligingpatrolmen to use the card which I have described, a patrolman must patrol back and forth on his post carrying his card with him and stamping it at each end of his post, and his failure to do so willnot only be shown by the card itself but may be immediately detected atthe .central station because of the failure to opcrate the central office orstation' apparatus from a. particular box, and'the attendant at the central station or ofiice may cause an immediate investigation to be made of the failure to reportfrom such box andcause assistance to be furnished 'the patrolman should he require it. As already indicated,

their sections constantly in the same manner roundsmen will also be obliged to patrol.

aspatrolmen are: required to patrol their postsp Patrolmenand roundsmen may be" re-*' quired to make memoranda explaining fail- :ur'es totoperate their patrol boxes on time and this memoranda may be collected at the "v end of the tours of duty and checkedup jwithpatrolmens and roundsmens cards and} 1 =-with the tape records at the central station .1 or "oflice. My inventio of the establishment 0 where the work of the patrolling force may be effectually. supervised and in which patrol duty cannot be shirked without danger of easy and prompt detection.

to secure, by Letters Patent isztherefore, permits"; a patrol system'l' 1.,In a device of the character described,

thegfl combination of a movable platen, spaced-apart contacts near said platen, a contact carried by the platen and moved ,therebyfsuccessively into engagement with {said first mentioned contacts, means for opcrating sald platen,ksped-reducing connections between said operating means and platenfor-moving the contact carried by the a platenj slowly over said first mentioned con 1 tracts. ana means for restoring the platen 2; In a device of the character described}.

i the combination of a central station having an electrically controlled apparatus, a post,v

the post an in connection with the apparatiis at the central statioinamovable platen at the-post. a contact carried b vthe platen and adapted tomove;successively into engagement with each ot said spaced,

apart contacts, op'e'atingmeans'ior said platen, speed-reducing connections, between moved, andmeans for restoring the plat-en to initial position, aftereach; actuat on.

3. In combination; a movable platen, a series of contacts located close to theplaten, acooperating;contacton the plate novable successively intoengagenient.-with the first;

mentioned. contacts, operating means for the platen,speed-reducing connections between;:

said operating means and platent'or causing the slow movement of. the contact; carried by the platen from one to the next-,ofz the first mentioned contacts, means for compel.-

ling the platen to be moved throughout a full stroke to cause the contact carr ed,

thereby to move, successively int-o engage means to initial posit-ion until; the same have executed their-full, movements In combination, ammfable platema 7 contact arm carried thereby, a s iccession of contacts. adaptedto lie-engaged bysaid.

arm, ajph-ptedarmcarrying said-platen, a we pivotedsector ad acent sa d arm, means to V I said'sector andarm ,for moving thearm following ipon the movement ofthe; sector,

speed-reducing means connectedtosaid arm,- and means for causing the return out the sector and platen to initial positiom.

8. In combination, a, platen,v a pi H arm carryinqsaid plate, a .pivotedsector,

.nieans forswinging saidsector, a spi'ing be tween said sector andarm, means for allow:

voted.

iswingsaid sector, yieldab le, means between ing the slow movementot thefarm and, i

platen with respectgto the sector, means for: prevent ng backward movement of the sectoruntil the same has completedja .f ull i stroke, means for preventing the backward movement of: the sector once'the same has; 1

completed a full stroke; and before theplaten has arrived at the end of its III1OV.-Q\

,ment, and means-forreturning the sector to,

ment with allot? the first mentioned -conto, initial position after each actuation).

4.111 combination, a successmnofcont acts, a contact arm, at, ,vmova-ble platenj adapted to carry said i armsuccessively nto engagement with said succession of contacts,

operating means engageablel by ,the hand -tacts,iand means for restoring the platen,

for mov-ing'said platen, intermediate means.

disposed between said operating means andthe platen for accomplishing therelativel v slow movement ofthe latter, neanstor com-:1 polling saidqoperating means to be moved throughout its full movement, and means for restoring the platen" to initial position after each, operation. i

5; In combination-,wa movable; platen,,a contact; arm carried thereby, a" succession: of contacts disposed 11119051131011, to; {be SUCCGSM w sively engaged byqsaidscontactarm when the platen is moved, hand engageable means for operating saidplate, spring means tors.

accomplishing the relatively slow; movement of the latter, means for preventing thezbaclc 9.5111combination a, plateman arm carryingthe same ai swinging-v sector g'having,

initial position after release by said last "named means. v 7

notchesin rits edge-anddeep recesses at the opymsite ends of the notches a pivoted pawl adapted to engage said notches and being. i f

capable of swinging freely *i'n said recesses yieldable means bet veeny said SQt0l:: and

100,,- ar ns, lmeans o for allowingitmlythe slow i ;niovement ofthe arm and], means wherebv v ward movement of the platen until the same has been moved totheqend of its movement,

and means for automatically restoring the platen to initial. position. 1

6." In combination. =avt1movable platernja Contact arm carriedthereby,a SLICCGSSiOIl'O contacts in position to be, engaged by said;

contact arm, operating means for the platen,-

vieldable means disposed between said;

platen and operating'means, means for'effectingr the slow movemeii-tofsaid@platen sector, ai .han dle tor swinging: said sector,

the arm and sectormay posit on.- v i ll) In combination, ,a platen,-.an arm be i'estorei'l to initiaL ii 105, carrying theplaten, as vinging sector, a pin; 1 ;;on saidsector, a bar carried; by, said; army and having, slotted iipper, endtengaging; I

"with said; pin spring means, connected lee-,1

tween said pinjand arm, neans-tor allow,-

ing-th'e slot,move ment only ot thearmandj means for restorings-theiarm andsector to initial position.

' -l1. In coml'nnatioma platen, aswingi-ng spring means for holding, said sector in movingsaid arm following the movement of f the sector, a" dash pot-connected;to said a'rm andia pinon the army adapted to; engage a and breaksaid;toggleejoint when the arm "carries at the limit ot'iitsmovement.

12;. In combination, a movable platen, spring contact arms carried therebynine.

initiahposition,a toggle-lever; connectedto saidv sector forhold mg; the same at the other; l tr f ts movement, means for. ,yieldinglyi,

relativelyyto said ol'ierating means, means; siilatingi', bars havingopenings. pcontacts for restorin r the o eratin means to ori inal position, and means for preventing the restoration of the platen andyoperatingi placed in said openings at;-both sides ofsaid barsrand adapted to be engaged by saidcontact arms, gu des above and below said insulating bars for guiding the spring arms successively on the insides and outsides of said bars, and separate contacts above the upper guides and means for accomplishing the slow movement of the spring arms over said contacts.

13. In an apparatus for keeping police designation device extending upon the exterior of the casing but within said box, said manual setting means having associated therewith indicating means for showing on the exterior of the casing the position of adjustment of the interior designation device, said manual setting means also having means to yieldably hold the interior designation device in set position, and a platen adapted to engage said card within the easing and to force the card against said timestamping mechanism and said designation device, said platen having actuating means extending upon the exterior of the casing but within said box.

14. In an apparatus for keeping police officers records, the combination of a 'normally-locked police boxaccessible'fto propcrly constituted ofiicers, a casing within the box inaccessible to such oflicers and having a slot therein to receive a record card carried by each ofiicer, time-stamping mechanism within said casing, an adjustable ofiicers box designation gdevice mounted wholly within said casing and alongside said time-stamping mechanism, said designation device having a succession of indicating characters thereon corresponding to the box designations of a number of oflicers Whose beats intersect at the box, manual setting means connected to said box designation de vice and extending'on the exterior of the casing yet within the )rotection of said box, an index moving wit said manual means over one side of the casing, such side of the casing having indicating characters thereon corresponding to the characters upon said interior designation device, said index and said casing also having yieldable locking means for holding the designation device in the succession of positions, a platen movably mounted within the casing for moving said card against said time-stamping mechanism and said designation device, and an actuating handle connected to the platen and extending beyond said casing.

15. In an apparatus for keeping policeofficers records, the combination of a norspeed-reducing mally-locked police box accessible to officers,

va casing within the box inaccessible to ofii cers and having a slot therein to receive record cards carried by the ofiicers, time- T stamping mechanism within said casing, a fixed box numbering device in the casing alongside said time-stamping mechanism, an oflicers box designation device also within the casing alongside said time-stamping mechanism and having a succession of indicating characters adapted to be brought singly into printing position, a rotatable handle connected operatively with said box designation device and extending upon the exterior of said casing for manual operation by the officers, an index movable with said rotatable handle, said casing having indicating characters spaced on said casing to which the index points, said index and casing having yieldable locking means for holding the pointer opposite any one of said ind catlng characters, an oscillating platen withinsaid casing adapted to forcibly .press the record card against said timestamping mechanism, the box numbering device and the oiiicers designation device, and a handle for manually shifting said platen extending on the exterior of the casing.

16. In combination, a central station. time-controlled stamping mechanism at the central station, a post box, movable designating means for the post box at the central station, spaced contacts at the post box, a

contact-piece movable into successive engagement with the spaced contacts, circuits including the spaced contacts, means incl uded in said circuits to advance the designating means a predetermined degree, a further contact at the post box adapted to be engaged by said contact-piece subsequent to the engagement by the latter of the spaced contacts, means in circuit with such further contact whereby a tape at the central station may be pressed against the stam )ing Inecbanism and designating means, an means for returning the designating means to initial position after each stamping of the tape.

17. In combination, a central station, time-controlled stamping mechanism at'the central station, a post box, movable designating means for the post box at the central station, spaced contacts at the post box, a contact-piece movable into successive engagement with the spaced contacts, means in circuit with said spaced contacts and con tact-piece to advance the designating means a predetermined degree according to the number of spaced contacts, connections to regulate the speed with w ich the contact-piece may be moved, a further contact at the post box adapted to be engaged by said contact-piece subsequent to the engagement by the latter of the spaced contacts, means in circuit with such further contact whereby a tape at the central station may be pressed against the stamping mechanism and designating means, and means for returning the designating means to initial position after each stamping of the tape.

18. In combination, a central station,

time-controlled stamping mechanism at the central station, a post box, movable designating means for the post box at the central station, spaced contacts at the'post box, acontact-piece movable into successive engagement with the spaced contacts, means in circuit with said spaced contacts and contactpiece to advance the designating means a predetermined degree according to the number of spaced contacts, a further contact at the post box adapted to be engaged by said contact-piece subsequent to the engagement by the latter of the spaced contacts, means in circuit with such further contact whereby a tape at the central station may be pressed against the stamping mechanism and designating means, means for restoring the contact-piece to initial position, and means op- 1 erated incident to the return of the contactpiece for restoring the designating means to its original position.

19. In an apparatus for keeping police officers records, a plurality of recorders on the officers ost ,ada )ted to consecutively receive a single record card carried by the officer, a recorder at a central station, and connections whereby the central station recorder is actuated whenever the post recorder is actuated. a v

20. In an apparatus for keeping police oflicers records, a plurality of recorders located respectively at the various officers posts adapted to receive a record card carried by the ofiicer and having a plurality of divided spaces thereon provided to receive different data at each consecutive recorder for forming the officers record, a recorder at the central station, and connections whereby the central station recorder is actuated whenever the post recorder is actuated.

21. In an apparatus for keeping police oflicers records. a plurality of differentlymarking recorders on officers posts adapted to record their respectively different markings on a single record card insertible in and removable from the recorders by an officer, and a central recorder having connection to all of the post recorders and actuated there by for showing at what post recorders officers are at any time making records on their cards.

22. In apparatus for keeping police officers records, a central recorder, and a plurality of post recorders having connection to the central recorder and adapted to re ceive and permit withdrawal of record cards carried in the custody of officers for receiv: ing record data from the several post recorders, the same being the record of the oflicers tour of duty, said post recorders adapted to actuate said central recorder at any time and independent of the condition of the central recorder.

23. In an apparatus for keeping police ofiicers records, the combination of a plurality of recorders on the officers posts adapted to receive a record card carried by the officer, a central recorder, and means controlled by each post recorder for first putting the mm tral recorder in condition to record the re spective designation of the post recorder and secondly causing the central recorder to make a record of such designation.

24. A police oflicers record card adapted to be carried on the person of the officer and also adapted to be inserted part by part in recorders on the ofiicers post, said card having laid off thereonsegmental spaces defin ing such parts adapted to consecutively receive data at the several recorders for forming a complete record of the ofiicers tour of duty.

25. A police ofiicers record card formed with straight edges, segmental spaces laid off on both sides of said card, such spaces adapted to receive data onthe tour of duty which forms the officers record, means to designate the order in which the spaces are to be used to receive such data, and a space on the card to receive data identifying the officer carrying same.

26. In a device of the class described, a series of time controlled type wheels, a manually controlled type member associated therewith, a normally stationary type wheel for printing a box number, a series of electric contacts adapted'to be connected with a re cording device, comprising a lever for bringing a card into engagement with the type wheels, the end of the lever when operated completing a circuit through certain contacts corresponding in number with the number of the box. I

27. In a device of the class described, a

shaft, a series of time controlled type wheels carried thereby, a manually controlled type member on said shaft, a type member ar ranged to indicate the number of a box in a series 'of boxes, means for adjusting said member on the shaft and for retaining it when adjusted, and means for printing from said type Wheels and member simultaneously and causing a plurality of electrical impulses to be transmitted, said means last mentioned including a series of contacts and a platen and lever, the latter engaging electrical contacts corresponding in number with the number of the box.

. WILLIAM H. ROONEY.

.Witnesses:

FRANK P. Woenow, J OHN J. DOLAN. 

